frost on the Pumpkin

I found these leaves yesterday when I went to drop off a finished job at the Suffolk County Legislature building in Hauppauge. I don't know what this plant is called, but, in the summer it has large, long green leaves and a large red flower in the center. I've never seen one at the garden center, or I'd most probably have purchased one.

It even looks good dead and covered in frost. I've used the phrase Frost on the Pumpkin because my wife says that every morning she sees frost on her car.

Made with the Canon G10 and processed with photoshop.

Leaves in the forest

I had a nice assignment today. The owner of this private auto repair garage wants to give back to the community and has set-up a not-for-profit to work on the cars of the needy. We made some photos of the owner with the first recipient and an elected official that helped bring the whole thing together. Some things restore my faith in my fellow man.

Today's photo was found on a walk in the woods. These yellow leaves stuck out in the dark forest. They looked like they were floating in the woods.

I used the Canon G10 and photoshop to make this image.

Looking down

Here' another image looking down at the kaleidoscope of colorful leaves at the public parking lot in Deer Park.I get sent there to record freight trains parked on the rail overpass in the middle of town. The town supervisor made it a priority to get these trains not to lay-up on the downtown overpass.

This was made with the Canon 5d and processed with ACR.

Birch

Kids, they can drive a sane person crazy. Sometimes I wonder when mine were mentally high-jacked by aliens without my knowledge. I need to calm down. After a busy day anything could be stressful.

Today's photo was made on Monday in Mattatuck. I made a few images that day with the Canon G10, this is one of them. I processed this with Photomatix Tonal Mapping.

Fun with red.

What a great day I had today. I covered a press conference on the east end of the north fork of Long Island, Cutchogue. I made a point of heading out early so I'd have some tome to do some personal photos. The weather was perfect and so was the colors. I felt like a sugar addict loose in candy store.

I've come to the conclusion that when we have a wet summer, fall colors are better. I'm gonna have to look this up to see if it is fact or something I'm imagining.

These two images came from Mattatuck, the sign was at the train station. The leaves were a few blocks away. Both were made with the Canon 5d and processed with ACR.

Stain glass leaves III

This is the last of the series of stain glass leaves. This was also made on Tuesday wit the Canon G10.

I just returned home from along day, the end of which I spent outside for three hours under-dress for the temperature. It feels good to be under a warm blanket.

Tomorrow we are expecting rain and Evan has a football game in the morning. So I’d better warm-up tonight.

Stain Glass Leaves II

Here's another photo of back-lit leaves. On the original post, georgia b commented on photosynthesis ans almost seeing the science inside a leaf. It got me thinking about how the leaf veins how they look like little roadways. If I could get close enough, would I see tiny workers carrying out the process of collecting sunlight and turning it into sugar? What do they put the sunlight into once they collet it? Could make a Disney movie.

This image was made on Tuesday with the Canon G10. Post processing included iphoto and Photomatix tone mapping.

Stain glass leaves.

I love backlighting and rim-lighting, so give me colorful leaves and a bright sun and I just go crazy. I as at the doctor's office Monday and I couldn't wait to get out of there. All these green and yellow leaves and blue sky were calling me. The office building she's in also had these beautiful planters by the entry and I made a few images there.

This was made with the Canon 5d and processed in ACR.